Category Archives: nofollow

Google Sites Jumps the rel=nofollow Shark 6

Google has officially jumped the rel=nofollow shark. Google Sites is live and every page on the site uses rel=nofollow. I just created a sample site and linked to my blog only to be presented with the following HTML: <a href=”http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedblog.org&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc8SrF9mKSuhvVdhS_YMmZ-b6rbdw” rel=”nofollow”>http://feedblog.org</a> Is this the future of the web? Every URL is going to have rel=nofollow? [...]

Using nofollow Links to Avoid PageRank and Blog Rank Penalized. 2

I’ve blogged about nofollow links in the past and how I generally find them to be a problem when they’re used by default for comment links. The idea is a good one but generally they’re abused.Here’s a good idea about how to use them to protect your PageRank and “blog rank”.

Highlight your NoFollow links 2

I just added this cool CSS rule to my blog: a[rel~="nofollow"]:after { content: “(nofollow)”; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; color: gray; } This will show ‘nofollow’ after links that have the nofollow rel attribute.Kind of like this:microsoftPretty cool! Phil Ringnalda gave me the idea.

Feeds with Abstract Content Won’t get Links? 0

I have a new idea.If you produce an RSS feed but aren’t considerate enough to include full-content then I’m not going to be considerate enough to give you a link…. What do you guys think?!Either that or I can use nofollow…It just drives me crazy to be really into a blog posting, get to the end and then realize there’s another 10% at the end of the URL rainbow.

Seeing nofollow links 0

This is a pretty neat hack to make your nofollow links visible:The blessing/curse of learning more about SEO is that it’s often in the back of your mind; it affects how you look at regular web pages.